Competence and longevity in planulae of several species of soft corals

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 163, Issue , 1998, Pages 235-243

  Ben David Zaslow, R ^a   Benayahu, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Caloric content; Competence; Longevity; Octocorallia; Planulae; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

ALCYONACEA; ALCYONARIA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DENDRONEPHTHYA; DENDRONEPHTHYA HEMPRICHI; LITOPHYTON; LITOPHYTON ARBOREUM; NEPHTHEA; PARERYTHROPODIUM; PARERYTHROPODIUM FULVUM; XENIA UMBELLATA;

EID: 0032510303     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps163235     Document Type: Article

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